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Comments on MetaFilter post Your phone is youWed, 28 Mar 2001 20:24:42 -0800Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:24:42 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Your phone is youhttp://www.metafilter.com/6634/Your-phone-is-you
<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/tech/yourphoneisyou.jsp">Your phone is you</a> Before we let cellphones handle everything from opening our medical records to buying a house, we'll need to make sure people can't steal our identities.
post:www.metafilter.com,2001:site.6634Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:07:59 -0800semmibrokenlinkcellphonesidentitytheftsecurityBy: stuporJIXhttp://www.metafilter.com/6634/Your-phone-is-you#62875
surely we just need to stick a chip in our hands and/or foreheads.
this may or may not signal the <a href=http://www.second-coming.com/info.html>fulfillment of the prophecies</a> of the <a href="http://www.endtimeprophecy.net/~tttbbs/EPN-2/Articles/Articles-UFOs/clouduf1.html">book of revelations</a>. should be a laff either way.comment:www.metafilter.com,2001:site.6634-62875Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:24:42 -0800stuporJIXBy: fooljayhttp://www.metafilter.com/6634/Your-phone-is-you#62887
Let's see, if the phone became the center of everyone's identity, then what happens when I forget to pay my phone bill. Do I cease to exist? Is it all about "I'm paid up, therefore, I am".
Seriously though, if this happened, there would be a massive movement (more than there is today) to do everything over the phone. Email, calenders, contacts, notes, everything. All of the focus would accelerate the R&D on extensible screens, color screens, voice automation, etc (which would alleviate the whining of the "but the screens too small" crowd--SURE it's small TODAY!!!). Clothesmakers would probably be tripping over themselves to make a "phone pocket" in just the same manner as the wallet made the back pocket a necessity.
I would be able to rid myself of a wallet, a palm pilot, and perhaps a digital camera and -- gasp -- even keys! Hey for all of that, I'd do it. Furthermore, when you only have one single thing to keep track of, it's much more doubtful that you'll lose it...comment:www.metafilter.com,2001:site.6634-62887Wed, 28 Mar 2001 21:21:53 -0800fooljayBy: pracowityhttp://www.metafilter.com/6634/Your-phone-is-you#62913
> we'll need to make sure people can't steal our identities
The presumes you've got one worth taking.comment:www.metafilter.com,2001:site.6634-62913Wed, 28 Mar 2001 23:29:36 -0800pracowityBy: howa2396http://www.metafilter.com/6634/Your-phone-is-you#62915
I just want to know why in the hell they decided to put the wallet pocket in the back of the pants. I really hate sitting on the thing all day long.comment:www.metafilter.com,2001:site.6634-62915Wed, 28 Mar 2001 23:43:22 -0800howa2396By: fooljayhttp://www.metafilter.com/6634/Your-phone-is-you#62931
Imagine what a cell phone would feel like...comment:www.metafilter.com,2001:site.6634-62931Thu, 29 Mar 2001 03:37:58 -0800fooljay